Container for matches in the shape of books or cards



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H. K. SAKOWSKI CONTAINER FOR MATCHES IN THE SHAPE OF BOOKS 0R CARDSFiled June 22., 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fv/venfor:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO KARL SAKOWSKI, OF HELSINGFORS, FINLAND.

CONTAINER FOR MATCHES IN THE SHAPE OF BOOKS OR CARDS.

Application filed J'une 22, 1925,, Seria1 No. 38,824, and in Germany May20, 192 5.

My invention relates to an improved container for matches in the shapeof a book or cards. According tomy invention the container consists of acontinuous length of card-board or thick paper composed of or comprisingeight interconnected sections or parts folded up to form a receptaclefor matches which are made of or cut from a card or cards having a jointfoot-piece.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a container of thestated kind which will afford the largest possible surfaces foradvertising, memorandum and other useful purposes and at the same timeprevent the matches from accidental ignition. To this end I provide asafety section or flap and a reinforcing flap on the inner side of theouter cover in order to protect the ignition heads of the matches fromundue pressure and to obtain a large surface for use exclusively foradvertisement and note purposes, the. construction of the container, inother regards, being such that the heads of the matches containedtherein are always separated and protected from a match to be lightedor'a lighted match by a double safety wall or partition.

Another object is to provide a closing means preferably in the form of asuitable cut in one of the sections, shaped to form a nose or lugprojecting from the face of the said section, a second nose beingprovided in one fold of the foot-piece of the matches to form a springymeans engaging in the said out in order to maintain the first statednose or lug in elevated position so that the transverse edge of thesections forming the cover can be readily inserted below the nose orlug.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsare expressed. a

In the drawings forming a part of this specification two embodiments ofthe invention are shown by way of exemplification.

Fi re 1 is a plan-view of the continuous lengt of card-board or thickpaper comprising eight inter-connected sections or parts limited bytransverse folding lines;

Figure 2 is a tamer with the double card of matches theren and with thecover formed by two adacent end sections, opened;

Flgure 3 is a similar view with the safety flap formed by the other twoadjacent end sect ons, opened;

Figure 4 is a side view of the filled contamer closed and shown on alarger scale:

Figure 5 illustrates a double card of matches with the joint foot-piece;Figure 6 is a sectional view of the card in folded position ready forinsertion into the container;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the other embodiment with the coverand the safety flap opened, and

Figure 8 illustrates a section thereof on a larger scale and with thecover and the safety flap closed.

' Parts which are repeated in the several figures bear the samereference characters in each case.

Referring to the drawings the match eontainer is made from a singlelength of cardboard or thick paper comprising eight successive orinterconnected sections 1 to 8 as shown in Figure 1. The section 1 is areinforcing flap folded on the line 2 over upon the inner or back faceof the section 2 which represents the outer cover of the container.Preferably the section 1 is affixed partially, that is to say, near thefold 2, to the section 2 by means of a suitable agglutinant or 'in anyother appropriate manner, so that the thus formed cover is acomparatively strong structure adapted to resist wear and tear duringthe whole of its useful life and to render the advertisements thereonmore effective. Further advantages of the structure are as follows: Thereinforcing section 1 supports the striking surface 20, if provided onthe outer face of the section 2, and the double edges on the right andon the left side of the cover are particularly useful in properlyhandling the latter for opening and closing purposes; the fulminatingheads of the matches are better protected from pressure effects; therough back face of the section 2 forming the cover properly speaking isduly masked; comparatively large surfaces for advertisements areafforded with the outer faces of perspective view of the conthe sections1 and 2 directed towards the onlocker, whereby economy in cost isensured owing to the fact that only one'side (the outer) of the strip ofmaterial shown in Figure 1 is required to be printed on, so that suchprinting can be effected at a single operation; the outer surface of thefoldedin section 1 (see Figures 2 and and any advertisements or notesthereon being readable when the cover is opened.

In order to provide the required or desirable flexibility of the coverfor opening and closing purposes the reinforcing section 1 is given asomewhat shorter length than that of the section 2. The main or outercover consisting of the two sections 1 and 2 extends, when in closedposition, as far as and over the connecting section 6 so-that, uponclosing the cover, its edge 2 will be in proximity to the edge or foldbetween the sections and 6 and thus will overlie the major portion orarea of the section 6, as

will he readily understood on inspection of Figure This is of particularadvantage in case striking surface is to he provided on. the section 6inasmuch as said surface then will be safely covered and protected bythe cover 1, 2 if closed. Moreover, the over affords on its outer faceof section. a large area for advertising purposes.

The two free corners of the cover 1, 2 are cut off as at 2 and 2, inorder to prevent the cover,on being opened or closed, from touching thefingers of the hand that holds the container, so that the fingers willnot interfere with the cover at the closing operation. The cut cornersalso afiord a more pleasant aspect,

The section 3 intermediate between the main co er 1, 2 and the hack l ofthe container acts like a hinge, as will be clearly seen on inspectionof Figures 2 to 4:, and its outer face adds further area for advertisements and the like. The hack elis con nected with the bottom section5 which is the smallest part of the length, and the rear face of thesection or back 4 may also be utilized for advertisements, it losing anessential feature that all of the advertisements and the like can beprinted in a single operation, since only one side of the length ofmaterial shown in Figure 1 is intended for advertisements, as hereinbefore mentioned,

The bottom section 5 is bent upwards, see Figure 2, and the followingsection 6 is out parallel with the hack l. The folded joint foot-pieceof the match-card is inserted bet-ween the two sections i and 6 andsecured in position by means of a clamp 11 or the like, a locking meansbeing pro vided on the outer face of the section 6 for holding the coverin closed position, as will be seen in Figure 4c.

The safety section 7 projects from the section 6 along or on a fold orcrease 31 acting in the manner of a hinge to allow the section 7 to beturned up and down, as will be understood from Figures 2 to 4. Thesection 7 overlies the matches when a match is lighted so thataccidental ignition of the former is prevented for which reason it maybe regarded as an inner or supplemental cover, and at the same time itoffers a large supplemental area for advertising or noting purposes andfor a striking surface 22.

The next section 8 is folded inwards along a crease 7', and preferablyaffixed to the inner face of the section 7 by means of an agglutinant orin any other suitable way. in this manner the section 7 is greatlyreinforced and provides at the same time a furlher large surface foradvertising purposes or the like, as will be seen in Figure 3.

The locking means 10 is preferably made of a piece of Wire bent to forma gripping tongue or hook for the free edge 2 of the main cover toengage in, as will. seen in Figure 4:. in the embodiment shown thelocking tongue 10 is located near one end of the match. securing section6 while the securing clamp or wire 11 is located near the other end ofthe section 8 so that the intermediate portion. of the upper face of thesection 6 lilrewise be utilized an advertisement or the like.

The wire or clamp 11 passes through the two sections l and 6 and throughthe folded foot portion of the match card 30 so as firmly connect thesame. 'i he lighting or striking surface may he rovided either on theouter face of the main cover in proximity to the outer edge 52/ thereof,as shown by dotted. lines in Figure 2', or on the outer face of thesupplement safety 7, as at in close the joint crease 31. either caseface 20 or 22 can not, owing to the zicu lar location thereof, servenose or, other words, match l rec-d, less the heads of u o v the matcheswithin the container are covered and protected by at least one doublelayer of card-board or the like, that is to say, the safety flapconstituted lay two sections 7 and 8.

A. specific construction of the match-card is illustrated in Figure 5.The joint foot portion of the card 30 has a transverse crease 30 alongwhich the card is folded so as to adopt shape shown in Figure 6 with thetwo rows of matches 230 and 30 in juxtaposition. The single matches ofthe row 30 or 30 however, are not in alignment or in one and the sameplane, hut they diverge therefrom. alternately and the heads are, instaggered relationship, as will he readily seen in Figures 6 and 7,

Tu one fold or part of the joint foot portion 30 a cut or slot 30 isprovided and this slot is shaped to form a nose 30 adapted to be turnedoutwards, when the card Mil ' is folded as shown in Figure 6, owing tothe springy action of the material. In assembling the parts to form acontainer with the match-card inserted, as shown in Figures 7 and 8, thesaid nose 30 will lie below the locking nose or tab and thus will act tolift the tab and hold the same in a position ready for the reception ofthe edge 2' of the cover constituted by the sections 1 and 2, as will beclearly understood from an inspection of Figures 7 and 8. In this casethe wire or clamp 41, connecting-the container with the match-card isprovided at a place intermediate the crease 31 and the cut forming thenose or tab 40. It will be evi dent that my invention, whilst stilladhered to in its main essentials, may be varied in many ways, accordingto the several re quirements desired or most suitable under differentcircumstances.

What I claimis:

1. A container for matches in the shape of a book or cards, made of asingle, continuous strip of material consisting of eight interconnectedsections, to wit: a cover, a reinforcing section for the cover foldedagainst the inner face thereof, a back section, a top section connectingthe adjacent edges of the cover and the back section, a match-securingsection at the front of the container, a bottom section between thematch-securing and back sections and connecting the lower edges thereof,a safety section connected to the upper edge of the match-securingsection, and a reinforcing section folded against the inner face of thesafety section; the arrangement, bein such that the several sections arefolded 1n one.

and the same direction.

2. A match container, according to claim 1, in which one reinforcingsection is permanently secured to the inner face of the cover, and theother reinforcing section is permanently secured to the inner face ofthe safety section.

3. A container for matches in the shape of a book or cards, made .of asingle, continuous strip of suitable material adapted to be printed onits entire front face in a single operation, and folded in one and thesame direction to form a plurality of interconnected sections includinga cover, and a reinforcement for the cover of substantially the samesize as the latter; said reinforcement being folded backwardiand havingits rear face secured flat against the rear face of the cover, wherebythe printed front face of the strip appears visible when the containeris opened. 1

.4. A container for matches in the shape of a book or cards, made of acontinuous length of suitable material comprisin a plurality ofinterconnected sections inc udinga cover and a match securing section, alocking lug on said match securing section, and a springy nose on thefoot portion of the match book to press said lug outwardly into positionfor the reception offthe closing edge of the said cover.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

HUGO KARL SAKOWSKI.

